Concrete lab charged with faking NYC test results

By Associated Press

Published: August 3, 2011, 10:02 PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- A concrete-testing laboratory is being charged with faking results for a LaGuardia Airport control tower, the new Yankee Stadium, a hospital and more than a dozen other projects around New York City.

American Standard Testing and Consulting Laboratories Inc., company President Alan Fortich and five staffers were expected to be arraigned Thursday on racketeering and other charges.